Gardening with the moon: fruit and seed days

Record, in the lunar calendar, the dates of the passages of the star in front of one of the three constellations in accordance with the element of fire. These are the ideal times to devote yourself to gardening work on plants grown for their fruits or seeds.

During its journey around the earth, the moon scrolls past the twelve regions of the zodiac, each of which is in affinity with one of the four fundamental elements: earth, water, air, and fire.
When the lunar star arrives in front of the constellation of Aries, Leo or Sagittarius, (each being in affinity with the element of fire), it sends back impulses and forces that act on the plants and stimulate their setting to fruit or to seeds.

When the moon is rising (or ascending) and it passes in front of the constellations of Sagittarius or Aries, it is time to sow or reap the plants grown for their fruits or seeds. These periods are also favorable for taking grafts from fruit trees and for carrying out grafts.
When the moon is descending and it arrives in front of the constellation Leo or Sagittarius, you can prepare and enrich the soil where the fruit or seed plants will be grown. It is also the right time to thin out the seedlings, but also to transplant, plant or prune this type of plant.

The plants concerned

These are in priority all fruit trees and shrubs (apricot, actinidia, citrus, almond, cherry, quince, fig, common and Japanese medlar, hazel, walnut, olive, peach, pear, apple, plum, vine) and small fruits (blackcurrant, raspberry, red currant and gooseberry, blueberry, bramble, and strawberry).

In the kitchen garden, the plants cultivated for their fruits are strawberries, tomatoes, peppers and peppers, eggplants, pickles, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, not to mention the many species and varieties of squash.
Other plants are valued for their seeds, eaten fresh or well dried. This is the case of beans, beans, lentils, peas, and chickpeas.
To this must be added cereals (wheat, barley, oats, corn, rice, and rye) as well as certain condiment plants such as green anise, dill, caraway, cumin, coriander, fennel, fenugreek, nigella.

In the ornamental garden, it is all the decorative fruit shrubs such as cotoneaster, ornamental apple trees, pyracanthas, etc. The curious parakeet grass, the poppies to be dried and the papal money are also concerned plants.

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What are fruit plants or seeds?

these are all fruit trees:

• apricot, cherry, citrus … berries: currant, blueberry, strawberry …
• Climbers: actinidia, blackberry bramble and vines …
• Vegetables whose fruit or seeds are eaten: tomato, zucchini, eggplant, melon, peas, lentils, beans …
• The aromatic plants whose seeds are eaten: coriander, fennel …
• And finally the cereals that are classified in this category: oats, wheat, rye, barley …

What is a seeds and fruit day?

A fruit or seed day is a day during which the gardener takes care of the fruit trees, berries, fruit vegetables and plants from which the seeds are eaten and the seeds collected. While rotating around the terrestrial globe, the Moon describes an elliptical orbit of which the Earth is one of the focal points. During a lunation, it passes in front of the twelve regions of the zodiac, each being in affinity with one of the four fundamental elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire.

When the Moon passes in front of the constellations of Aries and Sagittarius on the ascending moon, and Leo on the descending moon (these are constellations in affinity with the element Fire), it influences fruits, berries, vegetables- fruits and seeds, which determines the days-fruits and seeds.

These constellations provide the heat necessary for the ripening of the fruits: harvest them in fruit-days, when they are full of sun, they keep better. Collect the seeds of vegetables and flowers when they are ripe, on a fruit day, when the weather is dry: their germination power will be prolonged.

Sow, plant, pluck, reap! Perform the planting of fruit trees in the descending moon and the sowing of fruit vegetables in the ascending moon. Process, prune and care for fruit trees, shrubs, and fruiting veg in fruit day, you will get healthier, sweeter fruit with increased flavor.